Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1933 — Page 1

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■AMUELINSULL ||s ORDERED TO I LEAVE GREECE lerican Utilities MagBate Ordered To Leave ■ By January 31 ■IDS LONG FIGHT ■Bl I XITED STATES Liens, Dec. 15 — <U.R) — Kd Samuel Insull, American Kies magnate, was order- ■ today to leave Greece by Bw*rv 31. ■pull, 74. in ill health and |b«n in spirit, was summonKefon* Minister of Interior ■ R.<:.. today and informKjat h<- was an undesirable free.: .'I extradition charges Kgbt by the I’nited States g.>v■gent. Insull was asked to leave ■country as soon as possible, an.i ■ that he would not be permitt■to remain after the expiration ■is resld'-nce permit Deeemtni ■cull pleaded that he be given Konth's grace, and his request ■ granted. ■it on January 31. if not sooner. ■ must leave Greece to face the ■pert of summary arrest and ■ratline:: to the United States to ■d trial in Federal court for ■anon of the bankruptcy laws ■onnectiun with the collapse of ■ utilities empire. ■k government tottayagre. il to ■-for whatever value it niigh ■' - passport carried by Instill ■ passport, however, has been ■celled by rhe state department. ■&e elected to remain in Greece ■he last moment, it was added. ■ »’Jlilil be permitted then to ■* for any place he liked. ■it if he remained a day over ■ deadline. Haliis warned, he ■id be deported direct to New ■reek courts, at two hearings. ■«ed to grant the request of the ■<sl States for Instill s extradi- ■ It was held that the offenses ■rged against him were not e\■itable under Greek law. ■» I’nited States government, ■fred. replied that the recent ■k-Americun extradition treat', ■ten after a carefully consider ■formula used in many nations, ■ered the charges in all panic u ■ and denounced the treaty. ■»xious to placate the United ■«-- gov,•: nment. Greek atitii.'t ■ began at once to consider of getting Insull out of the ■try ■* long ago as December I. I’re- ■ r Panayoti Tsaldari.s revealed ■tt.'- I’nited Press corresponded' ■ desire to meet the wishes of ■ United States government ■ revealed also the interesting ■ «i-‘Which he arrived at his de- ■"> to get rid of Insull if possi- ■ have promised the United ■* minister." he said, "to tty States justice. At a re- ■ reception at the Turkish lega1 met the American minister ■jcoln Macveighl who explained at length the desire that In- ■ delivered to United States ■ ct - He stressed the import- ■ of finding means to do so. ■ replied that I realized the 300.residing in the I’nited ■ w ’’ere fairly treated and that Appreciated the assistance the ■sd States had given In settl- ■ world war refugees and the feeling of American peo■°Pdli2ing that Insult’s presence ■ detrimental to Greek-Ameri ■ ‘riendly relations I said 1 would to find away to deliver ■ o»ever, the means of delivery ■ i n <>t violate the findings of ■ c °urt of appeals nor wound the ■ 8s of th e Greek people.” B o Jottish Rite To I Give Entertainment ■'’•fish Rite members and their KJ® 8 in this city and county are ■ to attend a Scottish Rite ■ entertainment to be giv- ■ ne Cahtedral in Fort Wayne ■ nil >e to one o'clock, Thursday ■ mg. December 28. ■/•ns for a delightful entertainK” including a floor show with ■ r mers from various night ■ *4l be given and Earl Gard- ■ t>, or i*’ eßtra "’Hi furnish music ■« i ancers - A number have al- ■_ intentions of attend■u * s ex P e cted the local delef IOO *UI be large.

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|*BUYS 11E Al TH BOND* W. Guy Brown, ■uy Christ mat Seat, president o f I *i |p A 'l • 1,1 s ' *TK'f ( -' ount >’ Tuberj ''Uiosis l\ss,h 1 sJSSSHEiBjj®? iatlon announcM±Chris!h R *? today that £|T Greetings] $ the Decafill Fight Tuberculosis had purchased a five dollar health bond. NEAR MILLION | PAID IN STATE Indiana Civil Works Employes Paid Almost Million Dollars Indianapolis, Dec. 15. — (U.R) — Seven projects providing employment for 921 men, to be conducted in Indiana by the Federal government, were announced today by William H. Book, state civil works administrator. Workmen of the projects will be drawn from the national re-employ-ment service registrations and will not be deducted from the state's civil works program quota. Book said. The projects, government bureau directing the work, and number of men to he employed on each, fol- ' low: Mosquito pest control, bureau of entomology of the department of agriculture, 307 employes. Study of farm mortgage and land values, agricultural economics bureau of the department of agriculture, 367 men. Sealing abandoned coal mines for protection of water supplies, public health service of treasury department. 65 men. Steam gauging. United Slates i geoiogiyal survey of the department of interior, three employes. Roads maintenance, construction service of the veterans’ administration. six employes. Employment and payroll, bureau of labor statistics of the department of labor. 25 employes. Farm housing survey, home economics bureau of the department of agriculture. 143 employes. The state highway commission was prepared to employ 1,000 men , with approval of eight road widen- ■ ing projects by the slate civil I works board. The projects in Gibson, Orange, Sullivan. Wabash. Kosciusko and Lake counties will carry payrolls i totaling J 215.000. A payroll of $950,233.73 was dis- ' tributed among 71,480 persons on ICWA projects in Indiana last : week. Book said. Approximately 17.000 additional persons have been put to work since then, making to-1 tai of the payroll to be distributed | tomorrow approximately $1,250,000. he estimated. _ ! The state board approved 137 1 projects yesterday, providing employment for 4,245 men, at wages totaling $615,504. Totals in the reemployment program in the state are 2,789 pro-, jects, employing 133.837 men. at wages of $20,691,187. TO INVESTIGATE LIQUOR PRICES State Liquor Commission To Probe High Prices, Poor Quality Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 15—IIP), Members of the state liquor control board will meet soon to investigate the high price and low quality’ of whteky being sold through ligitimate trade channels in Indiana, it , was learned today. Mrs. Meredith Nicholson, Jr.. In lanapolis, secretary, said an effort would be made to have the meeting before Christmas so that tandiU °JJ e would be remedied tn time holiday trade. Call,for the meeting BU ed bv the Rev. John U. Cavan aug h, South Bend, chairman of I C °clmmZ analysis of Mended and which has been added water, ks’WtwS liquor regulations. oT pAaB FIVB)

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START WORK ON RIVER PROJECT HERE SATURDAY Twenty-Seven Men Will Be Put To Work Along St. Marys River WORKERS PAYROLL TOTALS $5,301 Work on the grubbing out of the river bed and cleaning the banks of the St. Mary’s rver will start Saturday morning, Harry W. Thompson, assistant administrator ! of the CWA in this city announced I this morning. Twenty-eeven men will be employed on the job. Work will be . started along the bank of the ; Julius Haugk property, east of | First street and will extend as far as possible. Mr. Haugk has given permission to the CWA to start work on his property. Fred Linn, city street commissioner and Ralph Roop, county surveyor will be in j charge of the work. The state civil works administrator alloted $10,600 for employing labor here and fixed the quota j at 52 men. All of the men cannot be put to work immediately because of the limit fixed on the i ■ county quota of man power. Mr. Thompson announced that the payroll to CWA workers totaled $5,301.70, not including the pay i of those employed in the local of-1 fice. Checks for office employes : are mailed from Indianapolis. The above total is exclusive of the j amount paid to road workers, esti- ■ mated at abhut $3,000. The local CWA office is busy taking over the employment details on U. S. road 27. north of Decatur , and state road 118, east of Berne. ■ i Although the road eiiiployes: ore ( ' paid by the the state under the Public Works Administration, the employing of the men is assigned lio the local office. Mr. Thompson . stated it was necessary to register all the men now employed and ' thoee who have made application I for work. George Andrews, accountant, has ! ON PAGE TWO) SEEK HAMILTON AS COP KILLER Member of Dillinger Gang Is Sought As Slayer Os Policeman Chicago. Dec. 15.—(U.R)—The Chi- | cago hideout of Indiana's most no- ; torious gang o£ escaped convicts was sought today by police investigating the slaying of a veteran detective sergeant. Police identified the slayer of Sergeant William T. Shanley, wini ner of a heroism award, as John Hamilton, a member of the John - Dillinger gang which shot its way out of Michigan City, Ind., state prison two months ago. Shanley was shot when he at- j tempted to arrest Hamilton and a woman companion when they call- j ed at a garage to claim an auto- [ mobile used in a recent robbery. : Another detective arrested the j woman, but Hamilton escaped. The woman identified herself as I Mrs. Elaine De Kant. She was questioned for several hours, but maintained a stubborn denial of any knowledge of the gang. She . knew Hamilton only as “Smith,” I she said. When the couple entered the I * *rON*TTNTTET> ON PAGE FOUR) o CWA Employment Drive Over Top Washington Dec. 15—(UP)—The civil works administration s drive to provide jobs fdr four million of the nation's employed in a month | was “over the top” today and received the endorsement of the exe- j ■cutive committee of the United States conference of mayors as ■ the most important and success' il of all the recovery steps taken by congress and the president.’ Civil works administrator Hopkins formally announced today that the'number of CWA workers “had reached and possibly exceeded" the four million mark. He said no detinite figure was available and will no t be fora week. He credited state and local CWA workers with putting the big program “over the top.

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Bank Raiders Loot Vault ’ ■ -M,. W » I _. -, < ' ***>*• I HI il Ou» Jut TtRSSSw 11 Interior of the wrecked vault of the Unity Trust & Savings Bank in Chicago, where seven robbers took possession for two hours, breaking open ;:ine»‘.y-six safety boxes ami fleeing witli a large amount of loot. Joseph Klnch. custodian of the vault, is shown examining wreck--1 age. Tile robbers trussed up the employes and customers as they ' entered the bank. The gang set up a por able radio on first enteriag ' the bank and turned immediately to police calls, but they met no interference a any time

FLYING COUPLE COMPLETESHOP Col. And Mrs. Lindbergh Arrive At San Domingo This Morning , Pedro De J'acoris, Santo Dorn- : ingo, Dec. 15. —(U.R) —Col. and Mrs. I Charles A. Lindbergh arrived toI day at 10:40 a. in. EST., en route I home for the holidays, after a fliglit ! of 210 miles from San Juan, Puerto I Rico. Fro mthis point, the noted fliers were within striking distance of continental United States. The air distance to Miami is only 835 miles. Following the customary course of the Pan-American airways, however, the Lindberghs would fly to Haiti, thence to Havana, and so across the narrow gulf to Florida. Col. Lindbergh was known to have papers not only for Santo Domingo but for Miami, and it was regarded as probable that he would eliminate the Havana leg of the flight, thus saving at least one day of the return trip. The Lindberghs are anxious to 1 return home in time for a holiday celebration with their small son, John. When completed, their aerial tour, which carried them to ports in three continents, will have taken them more than 25,000 miles. It began July 9, when they left ! New York on the first leg of their semi-circular swing around northern latitudes. t o HUGE GAIN IN FARM INCOME Secretary Wallace Reports Billion Dollar Gain In Income Washington, Dec. 15.— (U.R) — A faillion-dollar gain in American farmers’ gross income this year was reported toda yby Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. The secretary in his annual re- | port to the President placed 1933 farm income at $6,100,000,000 (B) against $5,143,000,000 last year; ex- ; elusive of $300,000,000 in crop re-1 duction benefits to be paid by tlie government before the end of the | year. The secretary endorsed controlled inflation as a means of promoting social justice through fairer distribution of national income. But he reminded farmers that depreciation of the dollar acts unequally on different agricultural products and of itself does nothing to correct production malad- ’ (CONTINUED'ON PAGE FOUR)

i Geneva Man Is Named Director | Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 15—(UP) I —L. J. Scheidt, Columbus, suvceedj ed W. F. Small. Peru, as pre*f4ent j of the Indiana petroleum associlf it ion today. ’ - Robert Mullins, IndianapiJis. and Max L. Wickersham. Indianapolis, were named vice-president anil executive secretary respectively. L. W. Stuckey, Geneva, was named to the board of directors. NATIONS FAIL TO PAY DEBTS Only Small Token Payments Made On Mar Debts; France Defaults London. Dec. 15—''U.R) - Europe awaited confidently today the i early death of the war debt problem, to be brought about by a sus- ! tained program of non-payment. Though generally unexpressed. : there was tlie feeling throughout ! Europe that the United States i would go without almost all of the $19,500,000,0(10 (B) still owed to it by 15 debtor nations. Os the leading debtor nations. Great Britain and Italy made small token payments on tlie installment due today aid France defaulted. Some of the remaining il2 following tlie British-Italian l example, o’hers the French. Despite the token payments and 'the formal admissions that the I debts did exist, no realistic obser-' j ver in Europe believed ’hat payments ever would be resumed on a substantial scale. Britain's payment today was $7,500.000, and as usual the largest. | It was 6.4 per cent of the amount : due. Its token payment on the Juno installment was 13.2 per ! cent. Thus, in the view of Europeans, i was dwindling the prospect of the United States getting back its money. It lent $22,188,486,000 (B) and has got back $2,700,000,000 B. Reparations paid to “lie allies by Germany are estimated variously [ according to who does the esti- j I mating. Germany says it has paid $12,483,576,000 (B.) The allies credit Germany with paymen' of $4,462,976,000 (B). The Impartial ' institute of economics credits it ■with payment of $8,770,776,000 (B). 1 (rONTTNUFTD DM PAGE TWO!

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BEET GROWERS HAVE RECEIVED FIRST PAYMENT! ■ I I Payments of More Than $250,000 Made To Growers This Week NEXT PAYMENT TO BE MADE JAN. 15 — The next payment to beet growers will be made by the Central Sugar Company, January 15, 1934, T E. Snyder, vice-president and general manager of the company announced today. From two to four days ahead of the date in the contract, the first payment to more than 1,000 growers was made this week. The contract called for payment on De-' cember 15 and all checks were mailed before December 13, Mr. j Snyder stated. The first payment represented more than $250,000 to the growers. It included all beets delivered up to December 1 at the minimum price fixed in the contract. The January payment will be for beets delivered after December 1 up to closing time of the mill. Closes Next Week Slicing operations will be completed about Sunday and the mill will close down next Tuesday or Wednesday, officials of the company stated today. The campaign ' this year was one of the most sue- ) eessful in beet sugar history and growers are more than pleased with tlie financial return received from the crop. Mr. Snyder stated that the com- j pany would produce more than 20,000,000 pounds of granulated sugar, which is marketed under the trade name of Sparkling Crystal White sugar, made in Indiana. ’ As soon as the mill is cleaned up from this year's operations, plans will be made for next year’s campaign. Growers have already signified a desire to contract for more beets than grown this year and the campaign for acreage under the supervision of J. Ward Calland, field manager will get under way ( soon after the first of the year. H. C. Oksen. plant superinten- ; dent, stated it will require only a ' tew days to clean up the machin- 1 ery after the close of the sugar I making campaign and estimated , that operations will cease about I Wednesday. _ o Hold Program At School Thursday [ The A. K. S. Club of the Decatur high school, a new organization I sponsored by Dean Dorwin, a teacher in the school, held a program ■ meeting in the school auditorium Thursday evening. Two original skits were present- j ed by the club members and interesting reports on current popular. plays and stage stars were given. : Plans were made during the even-' 1 ing for future meetings of a simi-' lar nature. A social hour was enjoyed after the program. COUNTf BOARD PLANS MEETING Commissioners Will Hold Special Meeting December 28 Business for the year will be ! wound up by the county commissioners at a special meeting to be. held Thursday, December 28 at the county auditor’s office. Legal notice was given today that the commissioners would meet on the above date and allow claims against the county and clear the slate of other unfinished business. Bids will be received at the meeting for new office equipment in the county auditor’s office and in other offices of the court house. The old wood filing cases located at the west end of the auditor’s office will be replaced with new steel cabinets. The counter also will be changed., Supplies for the county infirmary tor the next three months will also be purchased at the meeting. Equipment and supplies needed by the county offices will be purchased at the same time. IA special meeting of the board will be held December 21 for tihe purpose of receiving bids on stone and road material supplies.

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Highway Engineer Arrives In City William Wirt of Gary, an engineer with the state highway commission. arrived here this morning under assignment to assist Mr. Wells and his force. His particular job will be to rebalance the dirt in the section just east of Pleasant Mills. He was transferred hivixfrom Montpelier. Mr. Wells reports that he now has three englseers besides himself and the contractors had twenty-five men on the job today. They have opened an office in Pleasant Mills where the tools and records are kept. LOWER FEDERAL TAX SUGGESTED Henry Morgenthau Recommends Lower Tax On Earned Income Washington, Dec 15. — (U.R)—A lower Federal tax on earned income than on income from investments was recommended today by Acting Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau. Appearing before the house ways and means committee. Morgenthau also urged abandonment of the I present system permitting husbands and wives to tile separate income tax returns. Under existing procedure some couples have been able to pay smaller taxes i than would have been required under a joint return. The treasury head suggested other important changes in proposals of a ways and means sub-commit-tee designed to plug loopholes in the present tax laws, raise new' ! revenues and simplify the income tax structure. The subcommittee had estimated its proposed changes would yield $270,000,000 of new revenue. Treasury experts, however, estimated the gain at nearer $100,000,000. Morgenthau made no specific recommendations on the amount of new tax rates and said he would not be able to do so until federal (CONTINUED ON PAGE F'VE) 0 ROOMING HOUSE JANITOR SLAIN Gruesome Bonfire In Rear Os Home Reveals Fatal Shooting ——— Chicago Dec. 15—(UP) —A gruesome bonfire in the rear of a rooming house today revealed a story of bitter jealousies which culminated in a killing. The body of John Jobb, 53. janitor in the rooming house, was found partly burned in a hastily improvised, brick oven. Gasoline and wood bad been added to the funeral pyre. The body was found ty John Bobosz. 19, who stumbled upon the oven while seeking a light for his pipe. In the rooming house, police took : three persons into custody. They were Fred Markham. 35, a roomer. Mrs. Mittie Threlkeld. a widow, and her eight year old son, Jackie. “Fred and John had a terrible fight Tuesday night," Jackie told police. After a few questions, Markham made a statement in which police said he admitted shooting Jobb to death and seeking to burn the body Police quote him as saying:, “Jobb and I had been enemies for the last two months. It began when I began taking Mrs. Threlkeld out secretly. I found Jobb was ‘jumping bis electric meter and switching current into mine. Tuesday night the lights began to flicker and I figured he was at it again. I started downstairs after him. He met me on the first floor and called me a lot of names. He reached into his pocket for a knife. I ran back to my room, grabbed a revolver, ran back down and let him have it." —— o Russel Deßolt Named By Group Russel Debolt of the local General Electric plant was elected representative of group 96 of the plant in a close race today. He will represent employes of the company on questions of labor and working hours and matters relative to the workmen.

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FOUR PERSONS HURT IN BLAST THIS MORNING ’ Explosion Is Caused By Ignition Os Match In A Basement DAMAGE IS OVER MILLION DOLLARS Chicago, Dec. 15.— <U.PJ — Four persons were injured seriously and buildings wreck- | ed over more than a square I mile of Chicago’s north side today by a gas explosion j which caused damage estimated at more than $1,000,- ' 000. The blast was caused by , ignition of a match in a gas ! filled basement. Smaller explosions following the first blast continued for 20 minutes. Thousands of persons fled In terror from rocking buildings as the ground shook from the Impact of subterranean shocks. Underground mains were thrown to the surface of the street, belching flames high into the air and i endangering nearby structures. ! Huge holes were torn in the pavement of Armitage Avenue for ’ more than a mile and a half. - i Wreckage of damaged chimneys, ‘ shattered windows and overhang--1 ings signs littered caved-in sidewalks. hampering the work of firei men. The man who started the series 1 of explosions, William Slackowich, • 26, was taken to a hospital suffer--1 'ing severe burns. Slackowich said ’ I that he struck a match in the base- ' ment of his home and knew nothI ing more until he recovered con- ■ sciousness in a hospital. I The rear wall of a 3-story brick ’ building fell into the Chicago rivet ■ at the first shock. Another build- • I ing was destroyed by fire as flam- ; ing gas seethed from sewer out- ' lets. Scores of persons were i thrown from chairs and beds by i' the blasts. Many received treatment for minor injuries. Deputy Fire Marshal Anthony Mullaney said that he was certain tlie property damage would exceed $1,006,000, with a considerably higher figure possible. o | School Children Narrowly Escape Barryton, Mich.. Dee. 15 —(UP) One hundred school children marched to safety here today a few seconds before the walls of a five-room addition of tlie Fork Township agricultural school collapsed. Two children received minor burns from escaping steam. Fifty CWA laborers, working on a new addition to the building, es--1 taped injury as the walls cracked and then crumbled. Classes were in session in the 1 two-story brick and tile s'ructure when tlie walls started cracking. 1 Scheol superintendent John Good--1 win ran into the addition from the adjoining main school building, ‘ a warning to the teachers, who al--1 ready were hurrying the children ! from the fall building. — —o — Decatur Man Buys Markle Ford Garage ■ G. V. Porter of this city has purI chased the Ford Garage at Markle and will operate the business until i January when he plans to close out ’ the merchandise at public auction > Part of the goods will be removed ’ to his garage here located on Winchester street. i Gold Buying Price Remains Unchanged J 1 Washington. Dev. 15 —(UP) —The government today fixed its price on newly mined gold at $34.01 an ' ounce unchanged since Dec. 1. i Today’s Washington price was $1.38 above the world price set in ’' London today. : ' The London price today was 126 ’ shillings 7 pence, up 6 pence from } yesterday. On the basis of the opening exchange rate for the pound sterling ($5.15%) this was equivalent to $32.63 an ounce. The dollar remained at 60.78 ) cents. —o —— . — ♦ Good Fellows Club t « — —♦ Previous total • $65.70 r Mutschler Meat Market 10.00 ; Rotarians 9.<5 s So-Cha Rea Total $90.45